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Pin, Service

Object number2017.97.8 a-c

Manufacturer Bastian Brothers Company

OriginRochester, NY

MediumBrass; Enamel; Paper; Ink

Credit LineGIft of the Graphic Communications Conference-International Brotherhood of Teamster's Local 24M

DescriptionBrass and enamel 20-year service pin with flat brass disc backer. Pin is mounted on a rectangular white paperboard backer with blue printed decorations and text on front.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a-c): 2.688 x 2.125 x 0.125 in. (6.8 x 5.4 x 0.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (a-b): 0.5 x 0.688 x 0.313 in. (1.3 x 1.7 x 0.8 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (a): 0.375 x 0.688 x 0.313 in. (1 x 1.7 x 0.8 cm)
Diameter x Depth (b): 0.5 x 0.125 in. (1.3 x 0.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c): 2.688 x 2.125 x 0.031 in. (6.8 x 5.4 x 0.1 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Front has gold and black text "A L OF A / MEMBER 20 YEARS".
Marks(a)
Reverse has imprinted text including "BASTINA BROS. CO. ROCH, NY", shield with text "MPB / PIU", and illegible maker's mark.

(b)
Exterior face has text "B. B. CO. ROCH. N.Y".

(c)
Front has blue printed text at top "BASTIAN BROS. CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y." and blue printed logo in viewer's bottom right corner with overlapping text "BBC".

Front in viewer's bottom left corner has blue printed union label that is illegible, but possibly reads "ALLIED PRINTING / ..."
Historical NotesPart of a collection from Local 24 of the Graphic Communications Conference-International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The national union descends from the National Typographical Union which formed in 1852 and became the International Typographic Union in 1869. The union splintered in the late 1890s/early 1900s into several unions representing pressmen, bookbinders, stereotypers/electrotypers, lithographers, and platemakers, before slowly merging back together over the years. In 1983, the Graphic Communications International Union formed from the merging of the Int. Printing and Graphics Communication Union and the Graphic Arts International Union. Finally in 2005, the GCC union merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to create the present-day organization. Local 24 started in the early 1900s as a group of Lithographers in the Pittsburgh area. In 2016, they downsized their offices and moved from Uptown to Three Mile Run, and in the process, donated their records and this collection of artifacts. Most of the material donated was made by the union such as buttons, posters, stickers, flat product sheets, and two printing sheets that show the change in printing technology from raised letters to flat sheets.

Related institution Amalgamated Lithographers of America

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